Wednesday, March 25, 2015

日本——2战的性奴谎言 1 of 2

2015.3.24

(Translation from English to Chinese)

Japan-World War II sex slave lies

日本——2战的性奴谎言

I continue to research the issue in Thailand. Koreans and Chinese say that Thai women were kidnapped by Japanese Soldiers in WWII and used as sex slaves. Thailand is even listed on the plaque at the comfort woman war memorial in Glendale, California. (I went there and saw it.)

I continue to ask old Thai people about stories from World War II, or from their parents. Neither I nor several other researchers have been able to find any evidence. In fact, there is evidence that the Japanese military and Thais actually were running the normal brothels. (The Comfort Women system existed and still exists worldwide. It is called prostitution.)

Last night I had dinner with two senior Thais (born in 1941 and 1946) and they said they never heard such stories from their parents, and that older generations liked Japanese. The elder Thais were surprised when I told them about the accusations against Japan. They never heard such a thing.

Do not take my word for it. If you are in Thailand, please ask elderly people in your area what they think. There are many Thai readers here. Please help by asking the oldest people you can find what they think about Japanese in World War II, and today.

It is important to note that during World War II, many Japanese soldiers actually were Korean. The reputation of Korean Soldiers is extremely bad from World War II and Vietnam. Extremely bad.

在二战期间的记录很重要，很多日本军人实际上是韩国人。韩国军人的声誉极其的恶劣在二战时期和越南。极其的恶劣。

The reputation of US Soldiers (I spent about six years in Europe and speak German) has nearly always been good or very good. In every country that I have been where US troops fought or were stationed, I ask what people think about our troops.

美国军人的声誉（我花费了大概6年在欧洲而且讲德语）总是很好或非常好的。在每一个我待过的美军战斗或驻扎的地方，我询问人们怎么看待我们的军队。

On the whole, the reputation is very good, but there are pockets of ill-will. But then that happens even around major bases in the US.

基本上，声誉是非常好的，但是也有一些敌意。但是发生那些基本都是基于美国。

Young troops + high testosterone + money in their pockets = Trouble. Most of the troops are good but that small percent of bad guys makes plenty of headlines.

年轻的军人+高水平的睾丸素+他们口袋里的钱=麻烦。大部分的军人是好的，但是很少百分百的坏军人造成了大量的头条新闻。

Keep in mind that in previous generations the US military could execute US troops who committed rape. Japanese actually did similar with their troops. Koreans...different story.

记住在当代，美国军队能够犯有强奸罪的美国军人。日本人确实做过类似的事和他们的军队。韩国人…不同的故事。

Until just a few years ago, drunkenness was actually a rape defense in Korean courts. That's right. A Korean man could say he was drunk and that actually was a mitigating excuse. Try that excuse in the US Army and it will backfire like a howitzer exploding. Being drunk is no excuse for US troops -- that will make the legal problem even worse.

Exceptions to the good reputation of US troops typically occur due to crimes from individual US troops, such as rapes. There have been similar problems with Japanese. Definitely some limited rapes happen and happened. We know this as fact, but the idea of widespread sex-slavery by Japanese or widespread rapes by USA is sufficiently disproven to the point that I have dismissed it.

Nevertheless, I do continue to look and will look in more countries to make sure that this is correct. I must remain open minded but the lack of evidence, and presence of counter-evidence, is astounding.